Waterproof scanning of a capacitive sense array
US8773146B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0488
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A water-resistant capacitance sensing apparatus comprising a plurality of capacitive sense elements and a capacitance sensing circuit configured to measure both the mutual capacitance and self-capacitance on the plurality of capacitive sense elements.A method for water-resistant capacitance sensing, the method comprising performing a self-capacitance scan and a mutual capacitance scan, and detecting, by a processing device, a presence of an object with the plurality of sense elements. The method further determines whether the detected presence of the object is legitimate.
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